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Rico is a diminutive of either the Spanish masculine given name Federico or Ricardo, or of the Italian given name Enrico. Rico can also be a nickname or a surname. Rico can also be a nickname or a surname.
Richard is a common English (the name was introduced into England by the Normans), [1] German and French male name. It's also used in many more languages, particularly Germanic, such as Norwegian, Danish, Swedish, Icelandic, and Dutch, as well as other languages including Irish, Scottish, Welsh and Finnish.
The name Rodrigo is the Spanish form of the German name Roderich, meaning "rich in fame", from the Gothic elements "hrod" (fame or glory) and "ric" (rich). It was the name of Roderic , the last Visigothic King before the Muslim conquest, and the subject of many legends.
Enrico is both an Italian masculine given name and a surname, Enrico means homeowner, or king, derived from Heinrich of Germanic origin. It is also a given name in Ladino . Equivalents in other languages are Henry ( English ), Henri ( French ), Enrique ( Spanish ), Henrique ( Portuguese ) and Hendrik ( Dutch ).
French statesman Charles de Gaulle's surname may not be a traditional French name with a toponymic particule, but a Flemish Dutch name that evolved from a form of De Walle meaning "the wall". In the case of nobility, titles are mostly of the form [title] [ particle ] [name of the land]: for instance, Louis, duc d'Orléans ("Louis, duke of ...
The Latin name Caesarea was also applied to the colony of New Jersey as Nova Caesarea, because the Roman name of the island was thought to have been Caesarea. [70] [71] The name "Jersey" most likely comes from the Norse name Geirrsey, meaning 'Geirr's Island'. [72] New Mexico: November 1, 1859: Nahuatl via Spanish: Mēxihco via Nuevo México
Several thousand place names in the United States have names of French origin, some a legacy of past French exploration and rule over much of the land and some in honor of French help during the American Revolution and the founding of the country (see also: New France and French in the United States).
Ricardo Larrivée (born 1967), French-Canadian TV and radio food presenter and writer; Ricardo Lee (born 1948), Filipino screenwriter, journalist, novelist, and playwright; Ricardo P. Lloyd (born 1993), British actor; Ricardo Londoño (1949–2009), Colombian racing driver; Ricardo López Felipe (born 1971), Spanish football goalkeeper